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Mu had Prnn ! akr thr irjH ( mt idrnt Prill*. krvboaidut I’.iffH l Wariffi and an i »■ gi i»i< i uric irtmding thru latest irJr.iM / in fm Ml. .*« Brig s studio (.in night I trhinird and I hr.mi iralh stiatigr (lili.il lit listt .mil ^h<*ll i oprtird (hr \in had. fhr niumm and Patn« k Will til iuii in .i lr{>rr ami h.lii in t audit s ami m k doing '.nine soil «* 1 Ntxxi< h »(lain t Hrtgvaxs \\ < kept (hr leper up l«»i o\n a month lot no tcasoit oihct than it I* mg tulit tth»uv anil it nrailv made it to tin i ti\ri of tlx a I hull) I hi' ttav ail. «* I tom m Mu hail' dt »mg * i(M), it srciih, w.h /ur/tw Mi in his sophotnoir idrasr fiout K< \ Prim < * Hit 11 lues (lie sti aighth HV.inI hlriwl of iiaditioiial folk aixl i«h k (hat mat it him M 1\ S |*>HI Ik*si New \ltist with Mutih ( onsiitrnng that it uavmv fust ir««ml it did trail* urll Prim sa\s I in \« in gtatcfld Ini that a lid imtt I vsas ahlr to make a set ond irt old. whit h cvriNtxKh ft t Is gt**d alxuH Matih - itliH ll stoked NMtlrspit ad ptaise foi Prim t n »ss4 tl folk and |w ip un it xlit s NMtii sensitive and amusing hu« s I'M tin t//e\ploirs tliflririU ten Hones Net mtnuns as ingenious as its pictlt t t sv>1 I ike the (urvioiis aIImm. tm for MI i> a in his own world A blend of life’s experiences and rich folk tradition make Michael Penn’s music aJreefor-all V4>ti \jmkrn ^ of ) 1.11 moiiK hit-mi' .1 Nooihin^ t omtmi.itmn t?| ai oustit m ii i.»i anil >uii It til \oi<r, a kind “I vnnng Hull l)\lan txloi < IV«»)» IKIan lx t aim Ik .}» 1 >\ I.in hn fat t// in in ti in (in mnufiKrsol tolk n niiv like Hill ( >< h* amt |olm Hmc uho It ft a mai kt<l mi pat t nn tl»r nuiiiij' S4 Ht^WllU'l Michael Penn: Hi* friend* call him umnual Hi* muck: confirm* H \ 11*1 I’t lIII s Holds Iim., .i|( I l« !l 111 till hoi11i 11«>111 wliu h hr draws his Im h s oiliri |m o|)Ir n 11\< n uho 1 knou .uni \%lto I ir.ui .iix mi and m\ own lift* 1 hr .illHUII 1 rails is .t her lot all \%lie'll II i onu s to uh.it lVm» itsrals ahout his t "inn o| ihf* xsoild I ik* the n." I lhnik.i i Mil! in uhuh IVnn WTilrs aliout thr I os \ngrlrs riots You i an tun awa\ In mi tilings that ate going on in I os \ngrlrsj. hut it II rsrniualh t an h up with you IVnn saw Hut tin aina/mg dung about l \ is that it s v i mam r ns trot tint nts that vmi t an Ik «lost tn that, and \ou tan Ih- in tliat and Irrl it r\er\ single* da\. and thru <ln id< \ou nrrd to grl auas foi a tin wnrnt and Ik abb to line! a plat r whrir \ou it toinplrtrh awas (loin it all l ikt IVnn s song wilting, tralh It shrit that IVnn pit Iris isolation a piohlrm though, while* on tour foi his last album “ l hr pit iblrm It *i ntr vsas that I uas ^ ml lot sut h a long tunt on tout. anti I hmini tliat 11 oil Id n i unit- on (hr load, \s hit h was soi t of a diago! a irvrlation IVnn in alls \ml so it uas an ama/ing vst n mouths on out level hut not too it uaiduig on auothn U srl from thr standiroint *d not Ik mgahlr to write l sr lit nails IVnn g< >t hat k to his wot Id «>l solitude \ml hr* hn W/t amt toith Dining thr last irtoid, l put pirssuir on msvlt to make* a grr.it album, hr sass ’’Hut masl>r it hat! something to do vsith grtiing signrd Min iK ingat fmusit l«»ng t iiough to Ik- si hmih al la thr timr I gt »l a it*t t>itl tit al. I stas sort «i( k h krd ui (lit wa\ I tin! t st tvthmg IVnn .dtri all. has hrrti plasutg his niusit foi somr tinir ntiSt Hr lust \t.is mspurtl tti Ik a lllllstt tan as a st mug Ik a . IVnn saw I Ir pl.tsrtl a hit «»l piano. .»< mails but guitar betaine bis instrument of t holt r I’iaim "st.isn t as iruaidmg as the guitarhr saw IU I bs | . when hr loimt d thr I.os \ngeles-basrd band. 1 >< *11 ( ongiess IVim wav well \civd in gliilai I veil though tin gtuup showed pioiltise and I ui< i a l« »\ a 1 tan base, K biokc lipaltei five veals But. while still with the band, Penn nu t Wam-n and Brig, tin* pair with whom In eventually tollalwaated on his albums It s a musnal union with whit h I’rnii and tvsjK*i live friends ai e pit ,im d ■* I hrv it* Iwt > «»t im t losrst ft tends, and we stin of just .til get (ogethei in the studio anti have a it alb gieat time Penn savs “It sa tew.tidinge\jH iiente he i g set ins to think *» t«M> Duting some point in tin middle of pi < h It it it l)^ J die let old was lli\ hiilhdav P* i g i < t alls Anti Mit hael took foui of m\ pet peeves whit h ait t towns < Igais whistling anti jHMinies and lentrd a t lowu smoking .» i igai with a bug of pennies whistling » that s tin kintt of hit ml ht is " \iid the kind of musn ian. i« *o Penn’s imisit aliei all hasbetoim anything but piedu table, wliu b is tint with him as long us you doti i 11\ to stuff his st mini inn»a t ulrgt ha like ~ alter native \nvthmg tfi.u is lain led alternative is l>et oming less and less alternative/ Penn savs “It's like when punk betaine new wave and it stiddeulv got all t Iraned up. nit e and titiv Not likt Penn who Beig pituullv «li st hIh s as "unusual \\ hat a l« >t < >f people don • know is dial 1 Penn s| enumoted witfi arcane tehgions and kimi of quasi lehgions/ Beig savs I ft has slut lit d them liotfi quite a bit. and he s well read in Ro\it net ian anti Masonic lileiatuie Ikisu alb . he s t teated his «*wn vievs of the UlUVeise \iul though IVejg is hesitant to define Penn s view of the universe loi him. vou tan he sine that il it’s anything like his song wilting, Penn’s view t>1 the woild is a keen one undouhfedh a liJtle strange and paitit ulai b s.u uni to Mu hael Penn I«» KHIS ! \ I \KS< ( hit tit_»*< / nmu I <>f Illinois. 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